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Alright, naps, yes they are normally seen as an old person thing. When you run out of energy you need a lie down, even though naps are really the best thing in the world. We very often don’t get our recommended 8-10 hours of sleep per night because we often go to bed later than we intended to. This can ruin your next day.

It can really hurt your next day as you will feel off, slower than normal.  Well I am turning this franchise around, naps are the best thing to help you have a great day. Let’s say you stay up too late talking to someone, you know that you won’t get enough sleep because you need to get up at 8 for some reason. You have to get up so you do. You deal with what you need to do. Great, now your tired, how could you possibly recover? A nap, bam, 20 minutes and you’re good to go. You don’t even need to fall asleep. Simply lying down makes a world of difference.

Throughout this past week whenever I needed a fresh go at things guess what? I went for a small nap, 15 minutes whatever I felt I needed. After that I came back to work fresh and I smashed what I needed to get done. This doesn’t have to become a part of who you are, going for naps each day. If you want to nap each day go for it, but if you need to nap once or twice a week then have at it.

I’ll end with some quick nap tips. Set an alarm as you need to make sure that this doesn’t become a full on snooze fest. I suggest 20 minutes as it is not here nor there. It is not too long and it is also not too short. Just right in my books. Next do not get under the covers you will not get up and you will want to stay there. Plus you might sleep through your alarm. Finally, take off what makes you uncomfortable, don’t wear your belt to a nap. That is my napping tips for you. So get out there and catch some z’s, but not too many.